hourly rate has a lot to do with the type of customer your catering too.$90hr would be awesome but in my neck of the would id never get one bid,$75 hr on a few good jobs but 90% of my lawns commercial or residential are more like $60hr.but that don't leave much meat on the bone.5 years full time 20 years part time. not a lot of manicured subdivisions in my part of town, i use to travel to high end of town, about 30 miles one way and get the big money but so did everyone else,i do much better staying 10-15 miles from the house.a $60 lawn to me maybe a $55 yard to you or vise versa.

There are no 40 hr work weeks when you are self employed.
$90 is the min. the goal is $120.
The numbers are not for bidding but for you to use for your standard.
To make these goals set min. such as $35 to drop gate, ect.
Your local market will help set your max.
Do not under estimate your total costs.

Hourly rate varies by job for us, but I do landscape as well. 35 to drop the gate is definately a good start, and I have done pretty well with some nice subdivisions just doing a 35 dollar standard. Id rather have 10 houses in one neighborhood for 35 than 10 houses all over town at 60. Going rate here is low though, due to alot of layoffs (meaning guy with truck and mower is abundant and sets our standard for us, sigh) but for commercial work, I go 60 hourly on anything maintanence related. 90 for anything thats gonna make my back hurt lol.

Our labor rate for 2014 will be $46 per man hour. For mowing I figure on $70 to $90 per man hour depending on size and for leaf removal $60 to $100. Whenever preparing an estimate for say cleanups, shrub trimming etc. I always add in a "fudge" factor of 10% which should cover the few times that I underestimate.